The Last Cuentista

Winner of the Newbery Medal

The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 336pg
1 Sep 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781800784215
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' Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes - truly a beautiful cuento. ' -New York Times Habia una vez . . . There lived a girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra' s world is ending. Earth will soon be destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity' s past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard - or purged them altogether. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again? An unforgettable journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.
Donna Barba Higuera grew up in Central California and now lives in the Pacific Northwest. She has spent her entire life blending folklore with her experiences into stories that fill her imagination. Now she weaves them to write picture books and novels. Donna' s first book, Lupe Wong Won' t Dance, won a Sid Fleischman Award for Humor and a Pura Belpre Honor. Her second novel, The Last Cuentista, received the John Newbery Medal and the Pura Belpre Award. It was named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Boston Globe, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and TIME.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781800784215
Published: 1 Sep 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Piccadilly Press
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 247g
Pages: 336

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